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Dracut's Shepard sets meet record

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
01/27/2014 09:45:28 AM EST

Dracut High School senior Karina Shepard, The Sun's Female Athlete of the Year for her accomplishments on and off the playing field, is backed by her parents, Ted and Patti Shepard. She's headed to Stanford University.
(SUN/BOB WHITAKER)

ROXBURY -- Dracut High senior Karina Shepard set a meet record while winning the girls' elite 1,000 meters at the Massachusetts State Track Coaches' Association Invitational on Sunday at the Reggie Lewis Center.

The Stanford-bound Shepard won the race in 2:51.27, finishing more than three seconds ahead of second-place Maya Halprin-Adams of Cambridge Rindge & Latin.

The previous meet record for 1,000 meters was 2:53.26 by Framingham's Jen Perry in 2002. The meet record for 1,000 yards converted to metric time is 2:47.54.

The 2:51.27 is the second fastest time in the nation and the girl who ran faster did so during a collegiate meet at the University of Washington.

The Dracut girls 4x800 relay of Katie Colfer, Nicolet Chapman, Kaylee Shepard and Karina Shepard won in 9:34.69, the fastest time in the state this winter.

The other local winner was Burlington senior Paul Hogan, who won the boys 2-mile in 9:11.77, finishing almost six seconds ahead of the second-place runner.

Lowell

Sophomore Kaley Richards finished third in the girls 2-mile (11:05.96) in a school record. Junior Leyshla Gonzalez took fifth in the 55-meter dash (7.31) in a school record. Junior Alexa McGuire finished fifth in the 600 (1:37.49).

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